Photo Credit: Anthony Bucci
Current Matriarch: D13 Cascade, D9 Takush, D12 Hakai (Matrilines generally considered separate despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 19 (11 living- 6 female, 2 male, 3 unknown gender; 9 deceased- 3 female, 1 male, 5 unknown gender)
D7 Kwakshua (Female; ~1948-2000 (~52))
D4 (Male; ~1970-1984 (~22))
D8 Balaklava (Female; ~1968-2006 (~36))
D12 Hakai (Female; 1982)
D20 Whiskey (Female; 1999)
D29 Nevay (Male; 2014)
D36 (Unknown; 2024)
D33 Stryker (Unknown; 2021)
D16 (Unknown; 1987-1990 (3))
D18 Salal (Unknown; 1995-2003 (8))
D9 Takush (Female; ~1972)
D15 Geetla (Female; 1987-2008 (21))
Named after Geetla Inlet or Geetla Point. Geetla was the nickname given to one of the children of Methodist medical missionary Dr. George Darby by the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation
D10 Winchester (Female; 1978-2014 (36))
D24 (Unknown; 2006-2007 (1))
D13 Cascade (Female; 1984)
D19 Gypsy (Female; 1998)
D30 Knox (Unknown; 2015-2018 (3))
D23 Nowish (Female; 2005)
D35 (Unknown; 2023)
D27 Fitz (Male; 2012)
D32 Finlay (Unknown; 2018)
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D7 Kwakshua
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D12 Hakai
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D8 Balaklava
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D20 Whisky
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D29 Nevay
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D33 Stryker
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D18 Salal
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D9 Takush
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D15 Geetla
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D10 Winchester
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
D13 Cascade
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
D19 Gypsy
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D23 Nowish
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D35
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D27 Fitz
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D32 Finlay
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D3
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D11 Christie
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D5 Calvert
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
D14 Kitasu
Current Matriarch: D11 Christie
Number of Individuals: 13 (8 living- 3 female, 3 male, 2 unknown gender; 6 deceased- 4 male, 2 unknown gender)
D1 (Male; ~1952-1981 (~29))
Presumed brother of D3
D3 (Female; ~1944-1990 (~46))
Presumed sister of D1
D2 (Male; ~1958-1982 (~24))
D5 Calvert (Male; ~1966-1997 (~31))
D11 Christie (Female; 1975)
D14 Kitasu (Unknown; 1987-2000 (13))
Named after Kitasu Bay, which was named after the Kitasoo Peoples (who speak the Sgüüxs dialect of Tsimshian) who joined together with the Xai'xais Peoples (who speak Xai’xais) to form the Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation. Kitasu is from the Tsimshian word Gida̱sdzuu, which means "people of large, tiered depressions making up traditional dwellings"
D17 Fisher (Female; 1990)
D21 Shearwater (Male; 2005)
D26 Kiwash (Male; 2010)
D31 Neekas (Unknown; 2015)
D34 Mercury (Unknown; 2021)
D22 (Unknown; 2005-2006 (1))
D25 Ashby (Male; 2007)
D28 Hedley (Female; 2013)
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D17 Fisher
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D21 Shearwater
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D26 Kiwash
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D31 Neekas
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
D34 Mercury
Photo Credit: Steph Kort
D25 Ashby
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
D28 Hedley